letter英 [ˈletə(r)] 美 [ˈletər] 信;函;字母;(缝制在运动服上的)校运动队字母标志用字母标明(于清单等上);把字母印刷(或缝制等)于;领取到学校运动队布制字母标志第三人称单数: letters复数: letters现在分词: lettering过去式: lettered过去分词: letterednoun1信;函a message that is written down or printed on paper and usually put in an envelope and sent to sba business/thank-you, letter 商业信函、感谢信等a letter of complaint投诉书(BrE) to post a letter 寄信(NAmE) to mail a letter 寄信There's a letter for you from your 有你母亲的一封来信。You will be notified by letter 将用信函通知你。【帮助说明】 You will find compounds ending in letter at their place in the 以letter结尾的复合词可在各字母中适当的位置查到。2字母a written or printed sign representing a sound used in speech‘B’ is the second letter of the b是字母表的第二个字母。Write your name in capital/block letters 用大写字母书写姓名。3(NAmE) (缝制在运动服上的)校运动队字母标志a sign in the shape of a letter that is sewn onto clothes to show that a person plays in a school or college sports team习语the letter of the law(often disapproving) 法律(或法规)的准确字面意义the exact words of a law or rule rather than its general meaningThey insist on sticking to the letter of the 他们坚持严守法律的字面意义。to the letter丝毫不差;不折不扣;精确地doing/following exactly what sb/sth says, paying attention to every detailI followed your instructions to the 我是严格遵照你的指示办的。verb1[usually passive] 用字母标明(于清单等上)to give a letter to sth as part of a series or list[VN-N] the stars lettered Alpha and Beta以α和β命名的星[also VN]2[VN] [usually passive] ~ sth (in sth)把字母印刷(或缝制等)于to print, paint, sew, letters onto stha black banner lettered in white印有白色字母的黑色横幅3[V] (NAmE) 领取到学校运动队布制字母标志to receive a letter made of cloth that you sew onto your clothes for playing in a school or college sports team百度翻译对原文进行调整,例句发音部分来自牛津柯林斯词典1N-COUNT 信;信函If you write a letter to someone, you write a message on paper and send it to them, usually by I had received a letter from a very close 我收到一个很要好的朋友的来信。2N-COUNT 字母Letters are written symbols which represent one of the sounds in a he letters of the 字母表中的字母3N-COUNT (校队队衣的)校名首字母标志(以嘉许优秀运动员)If a student earns a letter in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or Valerie earned letters in three sports: volleyball, basketball, and field 瓦莱丽在排球、篮球和曲棍球三个项目上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。4VERB 赢得佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉If a student letters in sports or athletics by being part of the university or college team, they are entitled to wear on their jacket the initial letter of the name of their university or Burkoth lettered in 伯考思在足球上获得了佩戴校名首字母标志的荣誉。5See also: capital letter; covering letter; dead letter; love letter; newsletter; poison-pen letter6PHRASE (钻)法律字眼If you say that someone keeps to the letter of the law, you mean that they act according to what is actually written in the law, rather than according to the general principles of it, especially when you disapprove of They had stuck to the letter of the law and in my view they should be 他们死抠法律字眼。依我看他们应该感到惭愧。7PHRASE (执行指示)毫厘不爽地,不折不扣地If you say that someone carries out instructions to the letter, you mean that they do exactly what they are told to do, paying great attention to every She obeyed his instructions to the 她分毫不差地遵照他的吩咐去做。noun1a written message addressed to a person or organizationmailed an indignant letter to the editorSynonym:missive2an award earned by participation in a school sporthe won letters in three sportsSynonym:varsity letter3the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speechhis grandmother taught him his lettersSynonym:letter of the alphabetalphabetic character4a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention)he followed instructions to the letterhe obeyed the letter of the law5owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hireverb1mark letters on or mark with letters2set down or print with letters3win an athletic letter